Synopsis:
Neelix and Paris must put aside their romantic rivalry
over Kes when they crash land on a toxic planet.
After Kes asks Paris to be her flight instructor, he finds
himself falling for her. A jealous Neelix picks up on the
Lieutenant's crush, and instigates a messy fight with Paris in
the mess hall. Despite -- or because of -- the friction between
them, Janeway decides to send the sparring pair on a
shuttlecraft mission to replenish food supplies. The most likely
source is a planet surrounded by trigemic vapors, which can
cause severe skin irritation.
As they approach the planet, electromagnetic disturbances in
the atmosphere cause the shuttlecraft to lose power, and they're
forced to make an emergency landing on the planet. Tracking the
shuttle, Voyager's crew notes their problems and launches a
search-and-rescue mission.
In order to lessen their exposure to the dangerous vapors on
the planet's surface, Neelix and Paris seek refuge in a cave and
seal themselves in. Back on Voyager, search efforts are hampered
by an attack from an alien vessel that places itself between
Voyager and the planet. The crew is ultimately able to disable
the alien ship's weapons systems and proceed to the planet.
In the cave, Paris and Neelix cautiously explore their
environment. They find footprints leading to a clutch of eggs.
As they watch, a reptohumanoid creature hatches from one of
them. With the baby's mother nowhere in sight, Neelix decides
that it's their responsibility to care for it. But when the
baby's heartbeat begins to weaken, Paris realizes that by
sealing the cave, they've cut off the supply of vapors the
newborn needs to survive. Opening it up, they manage to get some
of the nutrients from the air into the baby's system and it gets
stronger.
Bonded by their concern for the creature, Paris and Neelix
resolve their differences as they wait for the crew to find
them. There is only a limited window of opportunity for Voyager
to beam them aboard, but when, at last, the "window"
opens and Voyager is able to contact the pair, Paris and Neelix
delay beaming up for the sake of the baby. Soon, one of the
aliens shows up on the scene; it seems to be the baby's mother.
As Paris and Neelix watch, she retrieves the newborn. Satisfied,
the Away Team returns to Voyager, where the two new friends go
off to have a celebratory drink.
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Cast:
Kate Mulgrew as Kathryn Janeway™
Robert Beltran as Chakotay™
Roxann Biggs-Dawson as B'Elanna Torres™
Robert Duncan McNeill as Tom Paris™
Jennifer Lien as Kes™
Ethan Phillips as Neelix™
Robert Picardo as The Doctor
Tim Russ as Tuvok™
Garrett Wang as Harry Kim™
Guest Cast:
Creative staff:
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Written By: Tom Szollosi
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